You can also refinish the inside of the drawers and backs of the doors if you want but.
Light grey grey stained oak cabinets.
To get what you want you have to start with a.
For the lightest color on oak do not add stain at all.
Leave the cabinets natural for a soft honey color.
Gray over orange is just ugly mud colored.
This kitchen has a lot of wood in it but because the cabinetry color is not a typical wood tone there s enough variation to keep it from appearing.
The grain of the wood is still visible on all the samples with one coat.
This cabinet looks great with the marble looking quartz countertop and slab backsplash.
A light gray stain will give your cabinets character is unexpected and allows you to retain a soft light neutral look that easily works with many design styles finishes materials and colors.
Stripping to bare wood beyond hugely labor intensive will make the gray go over the raw pink nature of red oak so you get a pink gray more kin to the 80 s pink whitewash g technique than the current fad of gray stain.
The cabinet stain color is custom with a gray washed finish.
In order to find the right wall color it s important to know what type of stained cabinets you have.
Dark espresso medium walnut cherry red toned and light yellow or orange toned oak maple.
Each stain has an undertone of it s own just like paint colors.
The general finishes grey wood stain is highly pigmented so one coat of stain is all you need for most applications.
General finishes gray gel stain.